Law Degree, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lisbon, in July 1995.
Postgraduate Diploma in EU Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, 1995/1996.
4th Postgraduate Course in “Ineducation Law” (Internet, Copyright and Digital Trade), Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon– 2000/2001.
ICC International Headquarters in Paris- Conference “First Practical Masterclasses on Incoterms 2000”, in 2002.
Master’s Degree in Legal Sciences (LLM), Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, with a dissertation on the subject of “The justice of transnational arbitration versus internationally imperative rules: A case of Non liquet?”, in 2007.
Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration, Faculty of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon, in 2008.
2nd Course in International Arbitration, at the International Academy of Arbitration Law in Paris, presided by Emmanuel Gaillard, Paris, (appointed as ambassador to Portugal of IAAL), in 2012.
Admitted to the Doctoral Program(PhD), in the field of Civil Law (Private International Law) at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, in 2012.
Legal Science
Seminar on “Current Problems and Perspectives of Arbitration” Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, in 2006.
Seminar – “Rome I & Rome II Law Applicable to Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations”, at the Academie de Droit Européen, in 2007.
3rd Postgraduate Course in Bioethical and Medical Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, in 2008.
1st Seminar on Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Social Philosophy, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, in 2009.
1st International Convention on Arbitration, Coimbra, organized by José Miguel Júdice and António Pinto Leite, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra, in 2011.
5th Seminar on Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Social Philosophy, Portuguese Association of Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Social Philosophy, University of Minho, in 2013.
6th Seminar on Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Social Philosophy, Portuguese Association of Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Social Philosophy, University of Coimbra, in 2014.
2nd Course on Arbitration Training, Association for International Arbitration, Brussels, in 2015.
9th Seminar on Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Social Philosophy, Portuguese Association of Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Social Philosophy, University of Évora, in 2017.
Scientific Papers
“Applying EU Competition Law to the Banking Sector”; 1996, available at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
The ideia for an European Constitution in the Maastericht Treaty”; 1996, available at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
“Risk Tranfers in Incoterms”; 1996, available at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
Drafting of the European Civil Code; 2002, available at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon; 1996, available at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
The Law applying to the merits of a case in International Commercial Arbitration – Law No. 31/86, of the 29th of August and the Lex Mercatoria issue.
“The – alleged - non-marital partnership contract”; 2002, available at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
Master’s Dissertation
“Justice in Transnational Arbitration versus Internationally Imperative Rules: A case for non liquet?”; 2007, available at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2003, (Professional License 18622L - suspended since 2003).
Trainee at the law firm of José Dias Marques, from 2000 to 2003.
Lecturer at IADE – The Institute of Visual Arts, Design and Marketing, teaching International Commercial Law, during the 1999/2000 academic year.
Has been an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon since 2000, lecturing the following subjects:
In 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 she was dispensed from academic lecturing to prepare her doctoral thesis.
Susana Maltez has worked as coordinator and teacher together with João Almeida, LLM, in Family Mediation Law, in a project created by the Ministry of Justice and financed by EU funds (POPH), in 2014.
Susana has worked as coordinator and lecturer on the subject of “Legal Nature of the UNIDROIT principles and their coordination with international commercial arbitration and the State’s rules on conflicts”, within the subject of Introduction to Private Law (I e II) of the Doctoral Program at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, directed by Professor Rui de Mascarenhas Ataíde, in the 2014/2015 academic year.
Became Counsel at Paulo de Almeida & Associados in 2004.
Main practice areas: International Contracts and Arbitration.
“Intersection of time in Private International Law rules – Reflections on the Supreme Court of Justice’s Judgment of the 12th September”, in “O Direito”, Year 145, 2013, I-II. (portuguese title: Intersecção do tempo nas normas de Direito Internacional Privado – Reflexões sobre o Acórdão do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça de 12 de Setembro de 2006)
“Internationalization and opening universities”, published by the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2.0, No. 2, December 2011 (Statutory Revision); (portuguese title: Internacionalização e abertura da universidade)
“Lawyers as Members of the Magistrates High Council – a Matter of Constitutionality”, Coimbra, Almedina, 2001; (portuguese title: Advogados Vogais do Conselho Superior da Magistratura)
National Report – “Portugal, in Cross-Border Litigation in Europe: Private International Law Legislative Framework, National Courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union”, Paul Beaumont, Mihaíl Danov, Katarina Trimmings e Burcu (ads.), Hart Publishing, (co-author with Elsa Dias Oliveira, Eugénia Galvão Teles, Raquel Correia and João Gomes de Almeida), in 2016.
Contributions to the Portuguese-Brazilian Encyclopaedia of Private International Law, two entries: 1) International Chamber of Commerce; 2) Internationally Imperative Rules, in 2017.
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